Fossil Friday: New Fossil Evidence Challenges Another Icon of Evolution

Brasilodon quadrangularis, convergent evolution, cynodonts, Cynognathus crateronotus, Early Jurassic, Evolution, evolutionary icons, Fossil Friday (series), Gondwana, Great Britain, James Rawson, Jonathan Wells, mammalian origins, mammals, middle ear bones, Oligokyphus major, paleontology, Reichert-Gaupp theory, reptiles, Riograndia guaibensis, South America, transitional series, University of Bristol, Zhe-Xi Luo
This would have been very interesting news to my friend and colleague Jonathan Wells, who had described many such cases in his ground-breaking books. Source
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What Science Owes to Faith, Hope, and Love

beauty, Edwin Chargaff, empirical data, empiricism, Evolution, explanatory scope, Faith & Science, faith and science, germ theory, John Williams Draper, knowing, Paul Dirac, philosophy, physical world, predictiveness, scientific theories, scientism, Secularism, Steven Weinberg, testability, truth, Warfare Myth, water
It's a stretch to say that our ability to do realist science arose from a mindless process of evolution. Source
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The Fate of Evolution Without Natural Selection

Annabel Lustig, autopilot, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Connop Thirlwall, Erasmus Darwin, Evolution, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, Friedrich Nietzsche, Industrial Revolution, Intelligent Design, Jerry Fodor, Jesus, Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini, natural selection, neo-Darwinists, New Testament, North Wales, Old Testament, Origin of Species, Phillip Johnson, primary school, Richard Dawkins, Richard Milner, Saint Asaph, South Wales, Spanish Inquisition, The Blind Watchmaker, The Selfish Gene, Thomas Malthus, Wales
It does not seem reasonable to accept the veridical status of evolution on the basis of what an increasing number of scientists perceive as a “dodgy dossier.” Source
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Why Are Evolutionists Now Doubting Evolution? with Dr. Casey Luskin

Christianity, Darwinian evolution, Dr Casey Luskin, Evolution, Frank Turek, Podcast, theology
Is Neo-Darwinism DEAD? Why are some prominent biologists and macro-evolutionists admitting that Darwinian evolution is in trouble and what’s fueling this newfound skepticism—even among Darwin’s long-time supporters? The answers may surprise you! Joining Frank from the recent SES Steadfast conference is Dr. Casey Luskin, Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute and co-author of ‘The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith‘, a collective work that seeks to reconcile the complexities of the universe with the concept of intelligent design. Together, Frank and Dr. Luskin address the following questions: What are some key differences between micro and macroevolution? What did later research reveal about the Galápagos Island finches and how does it compare to Darwin’s findings? What is epigenetics and how does…
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Fossil Friday:  An Extinct Animal Body Plan from the Cambrian Explosion

Burgess Shale, Cambrian Explosion, Cambroernida, Charles Walcott, Chengjiang biota, convergence, Deuterostomia, Early Cambrian, echinoderms, Eldonia ludwigi, Evolution, gobbledygook, hemichordates, Herpetogaster, Herpetogaster collinsi, Late Devonian, Michael Denton, paleontology, Paleozoic, Protostomia, Rotadiscus grandis
One of the strongest arguments in favor of Darwinian evolution gets more and more dismantled, which totally vindicates the critique by Michael Denton. Source
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“Notions” About Metamorphosis Fall Short of Scientific Explanations

ametabolous, Ann Gauger, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, butterfly, chrysalis, Darwinism, dragonflies, Evolution, foresight, Free University, genes, grasshoppers, hemimetaboly, heuristics, Illustra Media, insects, insectws, Intelligent Design, lice, Metamorphosis, Metamorphosis: The Beauty and Design of Butterflies, Model T, notion, organs, Paul Nelson, phenotypes, Princeton University, proboscis, promissory note, pupa
Saying that a mathematical model “supports the notion” of how metamorphosis evolved should not grace the pages of an esteemed scientific journal. Source
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Richard Dawkins, the Unlikely Evangelist

Alister McGrath, Anikó Albert, Ard Louis, Ashley Lande, Christianity, Coming to Faith Through Dawkins, Denis Alexander, Evolution, Faith & Science, faith and science, Johan Erasmus, Joshua Pauling, Judaism, Michael Ruse, National Academies of Science, New Atheism, Sam Harris, Schadenfreude, Scott Alexander, Sy Garte
As a recent book of essays demonstrates, the once much-vaunted new atheism spurred many thinking people to become Christians. Source
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Control Systems in Vertebrate Limbs Further Demonstrate that They Were Designed

accuracy, bioengineers, biological limbs, biology, control systems, Evolution, evolutionary narratives, flexibility, intelligent agent, Intelligent Design, limbs, motor control systems, nervous system, robots, sensors, stability, Stuart Burgess, vertebrate limbs
Even if one limb suddenly transformed into another, the new limb would prove useless until its control system was entirely reengineered. Source
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